By Love Possessed

James Gould Cozzens’ novel, gone the soap route. The plot has a lawyer (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) getting involved with his partner’s wife (Lana Turner). Jason Robards Jr., George Hamilton, Barbara Bel Geddes. Directed by John Sturges., Both trapped in unhappy marriages, a lawyer and his handicapped partner’s wife begin an affair, but after a tragic incident, they realize the importance of commitment to their spouses., John Sturges, the legendary director of the Great Escape, takes a rare foray into the romance genre with this drama about a neurotic woman who engages in an affair with her husband’s law firm partner., Lana Turner and Jason Robards star as blue-blooded pillars of a small New England town who must face their defiant son’s (George Hamilton) increasingly rebellious behavior.